Add the Workspace items and locations you use the most to your favorites for quick access.
Your favorites are unique to you. Other people in your Workspace cannot see your favorites.
Your favorites are a section in your Home Sidebar.
Favorites are available on every ClickUp Plan to all user roles.
What can I add to favorites?
The items you can favorite depend on your ClickUp version.
Items you can favorite
You can favorite the following items:
- Spaces, Folders, and Lists
- Tasks
- Channels
- Direct messages
- Docs
- Dashboards
- Whiteboards
- Forms
- Views, including views of All Tasks
- Sprints, including the current sprint
You can also add items to your custom sections.
Depending on the item, you can:
Add an item to your favorites
Adding an item to your favorites depends on your ClickUp version.
Add an item to favorites
When you favorite an item, it is added to the Favorites section in your Home Sidebar.
To favorite an item from most places, click the star icon. You can also click the arrow next to the star icon to see additional options, including:
- Add the item to a custom section.
- Depending on the item:
To favorite an item from your Home Sidebar or the Spaces Sidebar:
- Right-click the item.
- Hover over Favorite and select Favorites.
View your favorites
To view your favorites:
- Open your Home Sidebar and scroll to the Favorites section.
- Click on a favorite to open it.
- If the section is not expanded, click to expand it.
- To access a favorited item's settings menu:
- Hover over a favorite and click the ellipsis ... icon.
- Or, right click on an item.
- To create items:
- Hover over a favorite and click the plus icon.
Move your favorited items to the top
You can pin all of your favorited items to the top of your Workspace.
Pinning your favorites removes them from the favorites section of your Home Sidebar.
To pin your favorites to the top of your Workspace:
- Open your Home Sidebar and hover over the Favorites section.
- Click the ellipsis ... icon.
- Select Pin items to Top.
- Confirm by clicking Pin items to Top.
Learn how to pin other items to the top of your Workspace.
Unpin favorites from the top or bottom
To unpin your favorites from the top or bottom:
Hover over the item.
Click the unpin icon.
Rename favorite views
You can apply aliases to views that matter the most to you.
This allows you to update a view's name in your favorites only. The name of the actual view won't be changed anywhere else in your Workspace.
To rename a favorited view:
- Open a view in any Space, Folder, or List.
- At the top, right-click the view name.
- Select Favorite.
- Choose to favorite the view, add it to a custom section, or pin it to the top of your Workspace.
- Enter the alias you'd like to use.
- Click Add.
Remove an item from your favorites
Removing items from your favorites differs between ClickUp versions.
Remove a favorite
To remove most items from your favorites, click the star icon.
You can also click the arrow next to the star icon to move the item from your favorites to another section.
To remove a favorite from your Home Sidebar or the Spaces Sidebar:
- Right-click the item.
- Hover over Favorite and select Favorites.